Hogwarts: From Little Wizard to White Lord

"Jesus Christ!"

"Help, I can't breathe!"

In the blink of an eye, several senior students who claimed to be seriously ill and refused to leave the school hospital ran out screaming and disappeared in full swing.

The twins, who were originally angry and reluctant and didn't want to go with Vaughn, looked at each other and suddenly felt fortunate that they didn't stay, and felt a little gloating.

"Poor little Ronnie, his fame will be all over the school tonight."

"That's right George, maybe we should come up with a nickname for little Ronnie ahead of time."

"Good suggestion. How about the Out of Control Warrior? Or the Jet Hero?"

The twins, who are optimistic by nature, forgot their anger in an instant.

He even forgot about being scolded by Professor McGonagall just a moment ago, and began to care for his younger brother with great interest.

Until Hermione couldn't stand it anymore: "That's enough! Who caused Ron to be like this now?"

"No, no, no, Hermione, we have a warning on the door warning anyone who tries to open it!"

"Yes, Fred. Apparently, little Ronnie has forgotten the dangers of society. Not only are we not wrong, but we have also taught little Ronnie a lesson – in the magical world, don't touch things carelessly!"

"Yes, it's very touching, George!"

Hermione: "..."

After that, Hermione ignored Fred and George all the way, for she was afraid of getting angry to death.

Vaughn didn't say anything either.

He went all the way to the eighth floor, opened the Room of Requirement, and summoned out the study that he used most often.

Only after closing the door did he look at the twins and speak, "So, you've figured out a way to fix the problem of magic interfering with the electricity?"

The twins, who were looking around with great interest, were overjoyed when they heard this:

"Of course, such a simple question wouldn't stump us at all!"

"George, be humble. We are standing on the shoulders of our predecessors. There is nothing to be proud of. In fact, the magic radio you provided, Vaughn, has been a great help to us."

"Yeah, yeah, that's about one-eighth of the credit!"

"I told you to be humble and raise it a little higher, maybe one-seventh!"

"Well, considering the alchemical materials provided by Vaughn, I can barely raise a little more."

Vaughn ignored the twins' boastful tone. He opened his satchel, pulled out the remaining alchemical materials and tools, and handed them to them.

"Show me your ideas and solutions!"

"Ha, George, it seems our dear brother doesn't quite believe us!"

"Then show him, Fred!"

The twins completely forgot their initial resistance to the task, and took the things with a smile, ready to start working with great enthusiasm.

Watching the two men begin to count the materials and exchange ideas, Hermione leaned over to Vaughn and asked, "So it was you who really gave them this task?"

Facing Hermione, Vaughan no longer had to lie. He said helplessly, "I originally just wanted to divert their attention so that they wouldn't be thinking about playing pranks every day. In fact, I didn't expect them to achieve results so quickly."

Vaughn certainly didn't expect the twins to complete the task so quickly.

The deadline he gave them was to complete it before the end of summer vacation. He had calculated that deadline, and it even seemed a little tight to him.

As they spoke, the twins had already taken inventory of the materials and tools.

Hermione, who was about to ask something, immediately became focused. She had never been exposed to alchemy before. This subject was full of mystery and unknown knowledge to her.

She held onto Vaughan's arm, stood on tiptoe to see more clearly, and asked from time to time:

"What is that bowl-like thing?"

"The magic mortar is mainly used to grind soft and fragile materials," Vaughn replied. He was always patient with his girlfriend and even took the initiative to introduce other tools. "The flask-like thing next to it is called a retort, which is used to mix or purify liquid materials. The closed metal cylinder is called a calciner, which is used to process metals..."

Hermione listened with great interest, "So many tools and uses. I didn't realize alchemy requires so many steps. But it seems a bit similar to potions?"

Vaughn nodded. "Potions are a branch of alchemy. Hundreds of years ago, alchemists' main occupation was brewing potions. They also developed the original potion system."

Hearing Vaughn's words, one of the busy twins gave him a thumbs-up: "Fair answer, dear brother. Many pharmacists are reluctant to admit this history!"

Hermione asked curiously, "Why?"

Another proudly replied, "Of course it's because alchemy is greater and more inclusive, while potions are single and narrow. Perhaps only someone like Snape would find stirring a pot with a stick aesthetically pleasing!"

Snape is criticized every day!

Soon, the twins assembled the tools and set up the boiler. They rubbed their hands together and began to process the materials while proudly explaining their idea:

"Although solving the problem of electricity being interfered with by magic is not very challenging, it was actually a bit difficult for us at the beginning."

"Only a little, George."

"Yes, only a little bit... We discovered that there's actually no problem with the generation of electricity. The generator Vaughn provided us is functioning normally. It's only when electricity is fed into the lines that magical interference takes effect, causing the electricity to escape."

"We spent two days reading a few Muggle books and gained a preliminary understanding of power transmission and the forces acting on electric fields. We discovered that the magic wasn't interfering with electrons... Fred, is it called electrons?"

"Yes, George. Magic doesn't interfere with electrons, it interferes with electric fields." Fred looked at Vaughn with a seemingly reserved, yet actually provocative, smile. "Our genius brother, do you know what an electric field is?"

Vaughan glanced at him. This was the right person to ask. "In layman's terms, the electric field refers to the force between electric charges. Going deeper, it involves the concepts of quantum electrodynamics and virtual photons. If you want to understand it, I suggest you study for a few more years!"

Fred: “…Damn it!”

George: "It didn't stump him!"

The two of them didn't understand at all. They decided not to embarrass themselves and began to explain their discovery to Hermione: "...In short, the flow of electricity is determined by the electric field, and magic interferes with the electric field. That's why electricity doesn't work at Hogwarts."

"Once we find the cause of the problem, the rest will be much easier. It's actually not difficult to solve. The electric field is formed in these wires. We just need to find a material, like the insulation layer made by Muggles, to wrap the wires and reduce the effect of magic on them."

As they were talking, Fred and George picked out a few plants and put them into the mortar. The spell-cast mortar and pestle ground them quickly, and soon they were ground into a gelatinous substance.

Looking at the plant and the ground jelly, Vaughn thought: "Milkweed..."

"Yes, it's the main material for the new insulation layer we invented... It sounds simple, but it's actually quite complicated. We tried many materials that could be squeezed to produce gelatin, and ultimately found that only this one has a higher tolerance."

"This is just the first step. In this world, only magic can fight magic. Materials that can block magic do not exist."

"It's like nothing can block gravity!"

"Precise metaphor, George!"

"So we've found another way. Since we can't use magic to counter magic to prevent interference with the electric field, we can let the magic flow smoothly through the wires as desired, minimizing its interference with the electric field."

As George explained, Fred poured a few handfuls of metal powder into the calciner. After calcination, he poured the melted liquid metal into a cup of solution.

Vaughan recognized it as a mercury solution at a glance.

The calcined metal liquid fell into the mercury solution and gradually 'dissolved' as Fred stirred it. When it finally cooled, a strange, golden paste appeared in the cup.

The twins held up the cup, struck an exaggerated pose, and shouted:

"Dangdang—mithril amalgam, Weasley's great invention, highly magic-friendly, magic flows through it as smoothly as silk."

"Weasley's professional guarantee, absolutely no residue!"

Mercury is the basic substance that we must learn in the first lesson of alchemy.

Because the birth of alchemy is closely related to it.

According to Vaughan's knowledge of the history of alchemy, the birth of early alchemy was due to the ancient people's discovery that mercury could "dissolve" metals.

At that time, no one understood the principle of like dissolves like, and no one could explain the concept that metal atoms could "share" electron clouds.

Muggles can only regard this magical phenomenon as magic...

Wizards also think it is magic, a magical magic without the involvement of magic power!

As a result, the discipline of studying mercury quickly emerged and was eventually named alchemy. It was called this name because wizards and Muggles at the time often used mercury to dissolve gold ore powder, and then used the mercury solution (mercury amalgam) produced after "dissolution" to make gold. Gold is chemically inactive and only exists as a single substance. It is difficult to react with other elements. Therefore, the gold particles in gold mines are generally small and scattered.

But in modern times, mercury has actually been eliminated.

On the one hand, through years of research, wizards gradually realized that mercury is not a product of magic.

On the other hand, the Muggles' metallurgical technology is changing with each passing day, and a series of metal trade agreements signed in modern times to appease the goblins have made wizards accustomed to "sitting back and reaping the benefits".

As a result, the direction of alchemy changed, and it no longer involved investment in metals - why waste effort on something that can be bought cheaply?

However, I didn’t expect that the obsolete things would appear in the hands of the twins today.

However, Vaughn did not underestimate the twins' creativity because of their "Renaissance."

He took the cup from the twins and held it up to the light, examining the strange solution inside. He said, "You're going to mix it into the insulation made from milkweed gum?"

"That's right, look, George, I knew my dear brother would understand our thinking!"

"But he doesn't understand enough!" said George unconvinced.

"Yes, yes, that's not enough!" Fred raised his eyebrows, and every expression seemed to show pride.

Vaughn frowned slightly in thought.

Yes, it is indeed not enough!

Mithril is a pro-magic metal, but not a magic-forbidding or magic-absorbing metal. Just like Muggles say that metals conduct electricity, it is impossible for metals to absorb electricity out of thin air without a connection.

Whether it is magic or science, they all follow the same logic - the objective conditions of the material require design and planning to achieve the desired effect.

He suddenly remembered the magic radio he had given to the twins. In fact, he had done some preliminary research on it before giving it to the twins.

However, due to his limited knowledge of alchemy, Vaughn could not figure out how the magic radio could solve the problem of magic interfering with electricity.

He only saw some... symbols inside the radio!

Thinking of this, Vaughn looked at the mithril amalgam in the cup again and said suddenly, "This is also the ink you prepared. You want to use it to outline the alchemical symbols in the insulating layer?"

Hearing this, the twins, who had been winking at each other, suddenly had long faces because they had finally stumped their younger brother.

"Damn it, he actually guessed it!"

"I think when I go back this summer, I need to ask Mom and Dad to re-investigate. How could Vaughn and Ron be twins? They look like two completely different species!"

The twins were so furious that they didn't bother to say anything more. They took the cup of mithril amalgam back from Vaughn, sat on the ground muttering to themselves, and closed their eyes.

Hermione, who knew nothing about alchemy, looked at the two curiously and asked Vaughan, "What are they doing?"

"They are meditating on symbols."

"Meditation? Symbols?"